Helloooo. Here, I am. Here, we are. I'm here with you on this planet together for a while. I don't know any more about how or why this has happened than anyone does, but I'm alive to the wonder, mystery, terror and beauty of it all. Let's get as comfortable as we can, shall we?

I am watching how life happens, and trying to see it as it really is, though my mind and experience are ever changing. I am some kind of witness. Listening deeply. Telling you what I'm noticing.

I'm curious about my thoughts, and what others think. What about you? I'm keen to learn about differences, and yet is it ok to admit that a teeny-gigantic part of me is also afraid? Still, my heart quickens because I believe diversity holds so much magic, promise, wisdom, joy and foreboding.

It's both intoxicatingly wonderful and downright grim, in varying degrees, to be human, sometimes. I take refuge in being more than just the narrow filter of what is culturally acceptable or relevant, because deep down, really, who is entirely? In fact, ‘normal’ politely ignores all manner of strangeness and ubiquitous idiosyncrasies.

I believe there is so much more to who we are than many of us care to realise. How could we? The sheer majesty and filth of life as we know it can all get a bit overwhelming at times. Still, are we not all inheritors of countless gifts, seen and unseen? And do we not belong to the soil and stars?